5. Exposing input files

Warning

DO NOT CLOSE the terminal in-between each step.
After inspecting the mic.yml file in-between steps, CLOSE the file.

After tracing your execution, MIC has recorded all the input/output files that are needed and produced by your model component. However, we need to identify which of these input types you want to allow others to change. This step will help you describe the input data exposed in your model component. All inputs will be added by MIC in the MIC file.

Note that even though we are referring to concrete files in this step, these represent placeholders that will be expected as inputs for running your model component. For example, if your model uses a precip.csv file with precipitation data and you expose it, your model component will expect a precip file as input in order to run; independently of its name.

How to perform this step?

Just type the following command: mic pkg inputs. MIC will ask you about whether the inputs and outputs used and produced are code, and based on that MIC will add the appropriate inputs into the mic.yaml file. For our simple Java example, this is the result of the command execution:

$ mic pkg inputs
Automatically found mic.yaml in /tmp/mint/mic/mic.yaml
Detecting the data of your model using the information obtained by the `trace` command.
Creating the inputs.
If the data is a directory, MIC is going to compress in a zipfile.
Is /tmp/mint/input.txt an executable script/program? [y/N]: N
Is /tmp/mint/output.txt an executable script/program? [y/N]: N
Is /tmp/mint/test_192-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar an executable script/program? [y/N]: Y
Input input.txt is a file
Input input.txt  added
Ignoring the config /tmp/mint/test_192-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar as an input.
Success
The inputs of model component are available in the mic directory.
You model component has 1 inputs
The next step is `mic pkg outputs`
MIC is going to detect the outputs of your model using the information obtained by the `trace` command.
For more information, you can type.
mic pkg outputs --help

Expected results

If we inspect the mic.yaml file, we now see that the inputs and executable files have been correctly annotated:

inputs:
  input_txt:
    path: input.txt
    format: txt
code_files:
  test_192-1_0-snapshot-jar-with-dependencies_jar:
    path: test_192-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar
    format: jar

If you detect that an input is missing, you can always add it through the inputs command. For example, by doing mic pkg inputs <path_to_file>, where represents the path to an input you would like to expose. Added files must exist, or the program will issue an error.

Help command

Usage: mic pkg inputs [OPTIONS] [CUSTOM_INPUTS]...

  Describe the inputs of your model using the information obtained by the
  `trace` command. To identify  which inputs have been automatically
  detected, execute `mic pkg inputs -f mic/mic.yaml` and then
  inspect the mic.yaml file

  - You must pass the MIC_FILE (mic.yaml) as an argument using the (-f)
  option  or run the command from the same directory as mic.yaml

  - Identify undetected files in or directories in mic.yaml and add them as
  arguments to the `inputs` command

  mic pkg inputs -f <mic_file> [undetected files]...

  Usage example:

  mic pkg inputs -f mic/mic.yaml input.txt inputs_directory



Options:
  -f, --mic_file FILE
  --help               Show this message and exit.